I posted a recipe of royal icing cookies Recipe #956
Some tips I learned:

1. It's easy to wipe off the icing when it's wet and restart.
2. If you are working with 2 colors, it's best if you let one color dry overnight b4 you do the next.
3. You must make sure the mixer is completely clean and dry before making the icing. If you prepare your icing right after making the cookie dough then the oil left in the mixing bowl ruins the icing.

Good luck and let me know if you need any other advice.

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/17/2011 13:11

bestmom

Joined: 02/09/2011 18:25Posts: 5

Thanks!
By looking at the pictures of your beautiful cookies it seems that you did not make a border of icing before filling/flooding the entire cookie. How do you keep the icing from spreading too far off the cookie? Do you just not water down the icing too much?

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/17/2011 13:43

Mimi

Joined: 12/15/2010 10:01Posts: 38

I outlined it. If you do it the same color you can't tell. You can't really do it without outlining it.

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/17/2011 13:44

Mimi

Joined: 12/15/2010 10:01Posts: 38

Btw you only need a drop water to water it down.

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/21/2011 12:36

bestmom

Joined: 02/09/2011 18:25Posts: 5

Thanks for your tips. I made the cookies and they came out beautiful!

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/21/2011 13:21

Mimi

Joined: 12/15/2010 10:01Posts: 38

Great. If you used my recipe, please can you rate it and add a photo?

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/21/2011 23:39

Mimi

Joined: 12/15/2010 10:01Posts: 38

Bestmom did you realize you won the bitayavon magazine subscription ?? So amazing!

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/22/2011 11:05

bestmom

Joined: 02/09/2011 18:25Posts: 5

Mimi, I didn't use your recipe for the icing or the cookies (sorry).
I got a healthier version instead of using raw eggs for the icing, to use meringue powder. It can be bought in the Peppermill and they give you a recipe along with it.

Subject :Re:Royal Icing

11/24/2011 12:55

Mimi

Joined: 12/15/2010 10:01Posts: 38

That sounds amazing. Can you post the recipe. I would love to try it out.